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SUMMARY:Unstaged Voices: A Theatrical Reading of "TEA" by Velina Hasu Hous
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LOCATION:Performance Studio
DESCRIPTION:A public play reading series dedicated to rediscovering works 
 by women that have been overlooked\, underproduced\, or lost to history. 
 Join us as we gather to read\, listen\, and discuss plays that deserve to
  be heard again.\n\nA play reading is an informal gathering where partici
 pants read a script aloud without sets\, costumes\, or staging. No experi
 ence is required—anyone is welcome to read a role or simply listen and jo
 in the conversation.\n\nAbout the play:\n\n"TEA" is about four women who 
 come together to clean the house of a fifth after her tragic suicide upse
 ts the balance of life in their small Japanese immigrant community in the
  middle of the Kansas heartland. The spirit of the dead woman returns as 
 a ghostly ringmaster to force the women to come to terms with the disquie
 ting tension of their lives and find common ground so that she can escape
  from the limbo between life and death\, and move on to the next world in
  peace—and indeed carve a pathway for their future passage. Set in Juncti
 on City\, Kansas\, 1968\; and netherworlds.\n\nAbout the playwright:\n\nV
 elina Hasu Houston is an internationally celebrated writer with over 41 w
 riting commissions. Houston's literary career began professionally Off-Br
 oadway at Manhattan Theatre Club\, expanding globally. Her play "Tea" was
  designated a theatre canon classic by HERO Theatre\, Los Angeles\, and R
 oundabout Theatre Company\, New York\, and is considered the most-produce
 d play about the Japanese female experience in the U.S. Since its incepti
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